Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan

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Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
2021 - 2022 Business Plan

Fujitsu and
Autistica
Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
Every two years, by employee vote, Fujitsu UK select a charity
partner with whom to form a two year relationship. Late in 2020
the vote to select our partner for 2021-22 was opened, and for
the first time colleagues voted to keep our incumbent partner,
Autistica, for a further two year term. Our relationship with Autistica
has offered Fujitsu the chance to give step changing support to a
small charity, enabling us to make a truly transformational impact.
Collaborating with a great charity partner helps bring a powerful
dimension to our community pillar within our Responsible Business
Framework. Not only benefitting the charity, but helping Fujitsu
drive employee engagement, support employee wellness and help
us learn more about a specific issue.
Fujitsu is a #Disability Confident employer and our Disabled
Employee Network SEED was named in the top 10 global
networks. We believe that every employee should be enabled to
be themselves at work through our #BeCompletelyYou campaign.
In 2019 we gave a further commitment by signing up to the
Valuable 500 campaign.
We want Autistica to help Fujitsu deliver on this commitment
by enabling us to learn more about autism and how we can
support employees who have autistic family members, as well as
supporting more people with autism to work.

Paul Patterson
Head of UK and Northern and Western Europe
Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
Collaborative Vision
 A collaboration to support Autistica’s unique and cutting edge
 research through technology, expanding the charity’s reach
 and raising visibility.

 Our Five main partnership Goals
 1. To help Autistica in its research goals using Fujitsu’s IT
    expertise
 2. To help engage colleagues in fundraising
 3. To share knowledge and skills across both organisations
 4. To raise Awareness of Autistica and our Partnership
 5. To understand and celebrate the neurodiversity that exists
    within Fujitsu

                   Partnership Values

Collaborative       Supportive           Inclusive         Informative
Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is one of the world’s five largest global
providers of IT solutions, with over 132,000
employees serving customers in more than 100
countries with a unique Japanese heritage. We
have an 80-year history of being a responsible
business, consistently featuring in the Dow Jones
Sustainability World Index (DJSI), FTSE4Good Index
and the UN Global Compact 100. In the UK and
Ireland, we serve customers in national, local and
devolved government as well as private sector
companies. Our technology touches the lives of
millions of people every day.
Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
The Fujitsu global corporate vision is to create a world where people
are empowered by technology to innovate, enrich lives, create new
business opportunities, and improve society. Through technical
innovation we are helping to shape a better world.
Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
Fujitsu and Autistica 2021 - 2022 Business Plan
About Autistica

               Autistica is the UK’s national autism research
               charity. We focus on giving autistic people the
               opportunity to live long, happy, healthy lives. We
               do this by funding research, shaping policy and
               working with autistic people to understand their
               needs. With your help we can make more of a
               difference. We know that every autistic person is
               different and we know that autism comes with
               both strengths and challenges, but there’s lots we
               don’t know. Research is the best way to improve
               understanding, find new ways to support people
               and families, and change lives for the better.

Autistica’s vision is a long, healthy, happy life for autistic people
and their families. There is great alignment between Autistica
and Fujitsu as we both seek to enrich lives.
Creating a partnership
between Fujitsu and Autistica
The purpose of creating this charity partnership is to continue
Fujitsu’s help for Autistica to deliver on its strategic priorities.
The objective is clear; the role of Fujitsu is to add value to
Autistica and help deliver on the five strategic priorities.
The partnership will focus on using technology to help Autistica
grow its impact - involving more people in research across
the UK, and educating and empowering more autistic people,
families and professionals. Autistica and Fujitsu will do this by
driving recruitment to the Autistica Network and supporting
Autistica’s educational resources and events, including the
Autistica Research Festival.
Fujitsu has over 6,000 colleagues in the UK. Through a series
of connections, it will work to continue to raise awareness
of autism and raise the visibility of Autistica. This in turn will
help families of colleagues who work at Fujitsu who have a
lived experience of autism. Autistica will in turn help Fujitsu
grow its understanding of an inclusive culture and how the
world of work needs to adapt to promote neurodiversity in the
workplace through their DARE autism employment initiative.
Our partnership Work Streams – Delivering on our Goals
 Work Stream                      Need                             Solution

 The Autistica Network allows     Autistica aims to grow           Fujitsu’s technological and
 the charity to connect the       recruitment of the Autistica     consulting expertise will
 autistic community with          Network to ensure that           be utilised to co-create a
 researchers, meaning better      more people can access the       research proposition and
 access to the latest news        information they need, with      implement solutions where
 in research and local and        the experience of joining the    they are most needed and
 national opportunities to        network being engaging and       where they will have the
 participate.                     therefore ensuring retention     most impact.
                                  of members.

 To help engage colleagues in     Without significant              Fujitsu and Autistica
 fundraising for Autistica the    government funding,              will educate and inspire
 aim is to raise £150,000 in      Autistica needs to raise vital   stakeholders to fundraise,
 funding.                         funds to invest in research      volunteer and engage
                                  to build longer, healthier,      with the partnership and
                                  and happier lives for autistic   champion autism awareness.
                                  people.

 To share knowledge and skill     Fujitsu wants to understand      Fujitsu will utilise its business
 across both organisations.       further the neurodiversity       knowledge and expertise to
                                  that exists within Fujitsu       upskill the team at Autistica
                                  to support colleagues and        through innovative agile
                                  enable them to succeed.          workshops. Autistica will be
                                                                   able to educate Fujitsu on
                                                                   how best to support autistic
                                                                   employees and colleagues
                                                                   who have autistic family
                                                                   members.

 To raise Awareness of            Autistica needs to raise         Fujitsu will help raise
 Autistica and our Partnership.   the charity’s profile and        awareness of Autistica’s
                                  awareness of autism in           work, including Fujitsu’s
                                  order to reach more autistic     impact within local
                                  people and their families.       communities across the
                                  The goal is to get thousands     UK, to improve recognition
                                  more people with autism          of Autistica’s world-class
                                  taking part in research.         research. Promoting the
                                                                   partnership activities through
                                                                   conferences, networking
                                                                   events and channel partners
                                                                   will help Autistica reach new
                                                                   audiences across the UK.
We are thrilled and honoured
to be chosen again by staff vote
to be Fujitsu’s Charity Partner
for a further two years. It has
been a pleasure to partner with
Fujitsu since 2019 to increase
understanding of autism, learn
from their IT expertise and
fundraise for our vital work. Their
pro bono technical support has
propelled our research and their
generous sponsorship of the
Autistica Research Conference
and Festival and live streaming
made autism research accessible
to autistic people around the
world. I look forward to the next
two years of partnership and
know Fujitsu will continue to have
a transformational impact on
Autistica and the lives of autistic
people in the UK.
Dr. James Cusack, Chief Executive of Autistica
FUJITSU
Craig Hall, Head of Charity Corporate Partnerships
22 Baker Street, London W1U 3BW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 7867 826601
Email: Craig.2.Hall@uk.fujitsu.com

uk.fujitsu.com

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